Harry Potter Drabble: "Glimpses"

[rhetor]

Glimpses


Why does Narcissa torture herself with this mirror? She touches the left edge of the frame. There's eager Narcissa in her wedding dress, flushed cheeks and a glow that has nothing to do with sorcery. She touches the right edge, seeing Narcissa the crone in pale green, chalky skin, bitter eyes and mouth resentfully locked. Again she wonders what gave her that scowl.

Little Scorpius tumbles through her doorway, squeaking something about hippogriffs. Forgetting to change the mirror, Narcissa glances past her withered self.

He's tall, magnificent, achieving a grace that Draco never managed.

Wearing a red and gold scarf.

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[nagi_schwarz]

Ooh. Awesome. I really enjoyed that. It's a bit of a bitter irony, that Scorpius succeeded as a Gryffindor where Draco never could as a Slytherin. I liked the magic mirror as well.